Planar patterns of colloidal microparticles have been manufactured with high yield over square centimetre areas by using magnetic-field microgradients in a paramagnetic fluid. This approach could evolve into technology capable of printing three-dimensional objects through programmable and reconfigurable 'magnetic pixels'.
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Yu, C., Zhang, J. & Granick, S. Printing with magnets. Nature Mater 13, 8–9 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3845
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